This worksheet is designed to help students see how the personal life approach could be used when answering questions about other topics within the Families and Households unit of AQA’s A Level Sociology. There is a list of 11 ideas from the personal life approach and a list of other topics within the unit for students to make links to. An example has been done to illustrate a possible link. (The example shows how people viewing pets as part of their family could be related to changing patterns of childbearing. This activity could prove helpful for revision purposes to show how the personal life perspective could be used in ten mark questions on almost anything, or to evaluate/explain aspects of other topics.

This crossword focuses on 20 key terms for political power and processes within the Social Stratification unit of AQA’s GCSE Sociology (for Paper 2). Terms used include constituency, communism, pressure group, class alignment, charismatic authority and fascism. The crossword can be used in various ways, including as a revision activity and for homework. Interestingly, there are so many political key terms listed within the AQA specification that it has become necessary to create TWO crosswords in order to use all the terms! This is crossword number 1. Crossword number 2 is available separately, featuring another 20 different political key terms.

This crossword focuses on 20 key terms for political power and processes within the Social Stratification unit of AQA’s GCSE Sociology (for Paper 2). Terms used include neoliberalism, interest groups, bureaucratic authority, direct action, liberal democratic values and proportional representation. The crossword can be used in various ways, including as a revision activity and for homework. Interestingly, there are so many political key terms listed within the AQA specification that it has become necessary to create TWO crosswords in order to use all the terms! This is crossword number 2. Crossword number 1 is available separately, featuring another 20 different political key terms.

This GCSE Sociology crossword contains all the main ideas on Davis and Moore’s (1945) functionalist explanation of social stratification through unequal reward for role allocation, as expressed in “Some principles of stratification”. Although designed for the AQA course, it is also suitable for Eduqas. The crossword has 19 different words to fill in, with the clues covering the relevant key terms and concepts such as meritocracy, functionally important roles, role allocation and deferred gratification. Some criticisms of Davis and Moore are included e.g. Marxist views, feminist views and criticism by M.W. Tumin. This resource can be used in class or as homework. It is a good way to revise and review Davis and Moore’s work. A correct answer grid is included in the second page of the document.